Sinn Fein Definition

shĭn fān, fĕĭn
noun

An Irish nationalist organization and political party formed in 1905: the present-day organization is regarded as the political wing of the Irish Republican Army.

Webster's New World
pronoun

An Irish political party committed to the reunification of Ireland.

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Origin of Sinn Fein

  • Irish Gaelic sinn féin sinn we (from Middle Irish) (from Old Irish) féin self (from Middle Irish) (from Old Irish s(w)e- in Indo-European roots)

    From American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 5th Edition

  • Irish Sinn Féin (“(we) ourselves")

    From Wiktionary

Sinn Fein Sentence Examples

  • Casement, who with two companions had landed in a collapsible boat at Banna, was arrested on the 24th in a ruined fort which afterwards became a place of pilgrimage for Sinn Fein Irishmen.

  • The extreme party of Sinn Fein (" ourselves alone ") were against it because of the power it gave to the government officials, and the Roman Catholic clergy because it involved local control of primary education, which would have imperilled their position as managers.

  • For months the British government refused point blank to give any clarification to Sinn Fein of the joint declaration.

  • By withdrawing public subsidy for Sinn Fein Members it underscores the disapproval of all true democrats for what has happened.

  • Read the tragic tale of Jean McConville here, executed on the command of Gerry Adams, the psychotic Sinn Fein IRA godfather.

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